Re: st: date(s1,s2) leads to no values

[Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com>]

If I remember correctly, version 8 could not deal with run-together 
dates like this

download the -todate- file from ssc (when connected to the internet, 
type -ssc install todate- on the Stata command line)

Rich

Fabian Brenner wrote:

> Dear all:
>
> variable "date" is str8   %9s (one example:19861230). I would like to use gen begin=date(date,"YMD") to get elapsed dates but stata does not put any values in variable "begin" (only missings).
>
> Hope someone can help me. I use stata 8.
> Fabian
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